One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas...

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas...

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone...

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone...

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been...

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been...

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the...

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the...

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I...

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I...

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the...

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the...

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and...

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and...

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.